I’ve spent most of my career in what seems to be an ongoing request-for-proposal process; first on the provider side, and now as a buyer. Regardless of which side of the table you sit, I think we all agree that the RFP process is expensive and time consuming. But it’s one that we’re fully invested […]

Recently, some government agencies have changed their rules to more easily find joint employment in situations where they did not find it before.

Joint employment can expose separate employers to union organizing and to increased liability for wage payment, payroll taxes, civil rights violations, workplace safety and other issues. It can also subject small employers to […]

Look up. Listen up. Speak up. When I joined the staffing industry, work was heads-down and often desk-bound. Mobility required wheels. Communication was tethered to wires and ruled by paper. I loved my team, worked with great clients and candidates, but my world was fairly small and self-contained. That is no longer true for any […]

It’s an exciting time for the healthcare staffing industry, as demand for its services is greater than ever. Since implementation of the Affordable Care Act, which raised the number of Americans with insurance by more than 20 million, healthcare providers have been reporting increasing patient volumes. Since the health insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansion associated […]

Who are they? The millennials in our list are those born between 1982 and 2000. (However, these boundaries are not set in stone, with varied organizations differing slightly on the dates.) Also known as Gen Y, this demographic cohort following Gen X has surpassed the baby boomers as the nation’s largest living generation, according to […]

More and more companies today want to include the scope of their global enterprise into what they’re doing. Successfully accomplishing this when it comes to the talent supply chain in emerging markets asks that you think beyond the norm — going to the edge, studying the other side, and then stepping across.

Stories about crazy things recruiters are doing to lure business school graduates recently made the news. But what of us who are not in business school? It could be quite a different story. As a millennial, I had certain expectations, including landing my dream job right out of college. But it didn’t quite work that […]

The best business is one your existing customers beg you to start. If you staff insurance adjusters, and your cornerstone client reaches out and asks you to start supplying pharmacists, there are few better impetuses to start a new line or division. For San Francisco-based Bonsai, their foray into building a contractor management platform followed just such a trajectory.